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I have a few of the items mentioned above, but where do you guys and girls keep all of the stuff. How big are your pockets??What PPC do you have? I must admit the old Nomex gear, crica 1999 isnt the best for carrying gear, but still: Level 1: Gloves in overtrouser pocket, goggles/smoke mask in left tunic pocket, small hat in right tunic pocket. (oops, yes I carry a hat too). Level 3 gear: Wildfire Gloves in left over trouser pocket, Multitool clipped to right overtrouser pocket, structure gloves in right tunic pocket, Nitriles in left tunic pocket, flashhood on boots so it always goes on first.
CFS use the MCS2000 MKII has a know to scroll through all the channels.
SES " " " " " " MKIII which has the keypad on the face.
(I think the MKII, MKIII bit is right... might be MKI, MKII... Brains not working well today.)
You can have safety BA on scene with 6. Whats your point? 6 People on an appliance, is the max. Not to mention, if you bump it up to 7, you break the 1:5 command ratio. You keep thorwing more people on an applaince, its gets way too crowded.Split your crew into "teams" who report back to the OIC. Bingo! 1:5 ratio back again...Fire03Rescue: Up and down hills... ok... If you've got 5 people on one line, then youre certainly wasting 2 people, even three. The No. 2 should be making sure the hose isn't getting snagged.No matter what you say, you can't argue that less workers is better. Many hands make light work.
2090 - a crew of 7 is better than a crew of 4.
there is absoloutely no possible argument there.
the job can be done with a crew of 4, sure.... but if you have the seven, then at least you have a safety BA crew on scene straight away so that crews can be commited inside the building safely.
It really depends on what brigades are in your surrounding area. If you are the only brigade for a long while then a dedicated rescue truc soundes reasonable because it can cut the people out then leave the fire cover appliance to clean up. Bt if you are a brigade that has a lot of close brigades say Stirling they could use a rescue pumper because there are resources that can fill the gap.The only problem with saying "Oh throw it all on a pumper" is that a few RCR brigades, including Stirling, have a huge amount of gear, well beyond the prescribed minimum, that they carry - all of which has been used at a job. Trying to fit all of it onto an applance that is meant to also double as a primary pumping appliance, or god forbid, a 34P is just silly.
plus brigades with Pumper rescues should be careful not to tie them up at fires that dont require rescue gear.
The reason for seven, yes some people Will disagree and say wait for the other appliances
A few examples
House fire
4 in BA, 1 IOC, 1 Pump operator, 1 person getting water in = 7
Grass Fire 1 Line
1 IOC, 1 Pump operator, 5 on one Line ( 90m is a lot of hose to get working with in some areas)
If you went to a job like Mt Osmond 1 line with a crew of seven was still hard work on a day like that, the more the better, it must be safer less work than six
Grass Fire 2 Lines
1 IOC, 1 Pump operator, 3 on one line and 2 on the other.
So where does it say that SES are the control agency for trees down when its not stormy?
QuoteGlen Osmond MFS have a button for the cross roads, port rush & mt barker rd intersection.
Are you sure? Last I heard they had to ring up to get them changed... I believe SAMFS Comcen can change lights in the metro area too...
Why PTO not seperate? Can yo pump and go efectively with PTO?
